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Birding around southern Vancouver Island for the most part, but really I'll write about wherever the wind takes me... I'm skinny, but I don't literally mean the wind takes me places!

Two New Year BirdsFriday, January 12, 2007

I took a nice walk yesterday over to Maber Flats, which is heavily flooded.  Luckily I was just able to make it across the path with boots on, but even then I had only an centimeter or so of boot to spare before the frigid water would have soaked my feet.  I was rewarded with one Eurasian Wigeon, which I have seen already this year, but they're always nice!  There was a good number of waterfowl out there and the following were recorded: Canada Goose, Mallard, Northern Pintail, American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, and Bufflehead.  There was also four Killdeers and a lone Turkey Vulture soaring, which happened to be new for my year list.  There was a good showing of raptors around the flats with a nice adult Cooper's Hawk to start things off and a Red-tailed Hawk and two Bald Eagles (one immature and one adult) to top it off.  The snow and potentially icy roads has made me tentative about birding anywhere via car.  If I take another lengthy walk and see anything of interest, I will update this again.  In the mean time, it's all feeder birding.

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Untitled CommentSaturday, January 13, 2007
I cannot read the blue writting on black back ground
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